<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The example of a text from the Coran - the first sura - does not come up to the requirements, because I have no idea how to access some special signs and characters necessary for typing Coranic texts (as it is for example provided - according to the manual - by arabxetex).</div><div><br></div><div>Dear Phillip Taylor,</div><div><br></div><div>I am also not a Muslim, but as far as I know there is no such thing like one Islamic law; I would suppose that the most Islamic scholars would not object if a non Muslim would type some Coranic text, if it is in an educational or scientific and not in a rediculing or disgracing context.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>With best wishes and best regards,</div><div>Jens Bakker</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>Am 08.05.2010 um 12:45 schrieb Vafa Khalighi:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 8:43 PM, Philip TAYLOR <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:P.Taylor@rhul.ac.uk">P.Taylor@rhul.ac.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> This is a very interesting announcement. I do not know<br> if it is permitted under Islamic law for non-Moslems to<br> typeset passages from the Holy Qur'an, but if it is,<br> and if you have access to the source of a specimen page<br> for use with XeTeX, I would be very interested to<br> received it and to attempt to typeset it.<br> <br clear="all"></blockquote></div><br>I am not Muslim either. Hopefully a Muslim user can enlighten us.<br><br>-- <br>Best wishes,<br>Vafa Khalighi<br> </div> <br><br>--------------------------------------------------<br>Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.:<br> <a href="http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex">http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex</a><br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>